"Little breezes dusk and shiver through the wave that runs forever". Enjambment is used for the run on lines. Here it shows there was a cold breeze as the little breezes dusked and shivered. The author uses personification with "dusked and shivered" this gives a clear image of what the author is trying to establish. The use of Metaphor and personification describes the river as being long and that it seemed to run forever " wave that runs forever" enjambment is then used as it runs on to the next line "by the island in the river flowing down to Camelot" again a description of the river "flowing" being this key word. "Four grey walls four grey towers overlook a space of flowers, and the silent isle embowers" this may suggest that the lady of Shalott is imprisoned and as she peers out the window the flowers are the only thing in view. "Silent isle" tells us that the island was still.
In the third stanza Tennyson uses rhetorical questions this makes the reader think that the lady of Shalott maybe a myth "but who hath seen her wave her hand? Or at the casement seen her stand? Or is she known in all the land-.
The opening of the forth stanza portrays the insects early in the morning "Only reapers, reaping early- In this stanza the author focuses on the setting " the river winding clearly- " In among the bearded barley." this is to enhance the readers imagination of the setting. The stanza carries on and continues describing the setting. Here he writes how the leaves have piled up "piling sheaves in uplands airy," .
Part two of the poem starts of with the author writing about "The lady of Shalott" before the curse as set on her. "There she weaves by night and day A magic web with colours gay, She has heard a whisper say, a curse on her if she stay to look down to Camelot" enjambment has used to make the lines run on. Here it shows that she weaved also that she has heard a whisper that if she looks down to Camelot a curse will set on her.